by bourbonv » Sun Jan 04, 2009 8:12 pm
I hate to correct Gary, but the Old Quaker Distillery was Schenley's distillery in Lawrenceburg> Indiana, not Seagram's distillery which is down the street from the Old Quaker distillery. I would also say that the bottle was from the late 60's or early 70's simply because Schenley's answer to declining bourbon sales in the United States was to try to open foreign markets. They did this most with I W Harper, sending this brand to over 50 foriegn markets, but they also tried other brands in specific markets.
You can go to my Schenley History timeline for more history of the distillery.
Mike Veach
"Our people live almost exclusively on whiskey" - E H Taylor, Jr. 25 April 1873